By: Creighton  S.B. No. 710
         (In the Senate - Filed February 8, 2019; March 1, 2019, read
  first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
  March 27, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
  Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0; March 27, 2019,
  sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 710 By:  Creighton
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to authorization for the creation of a county ethics
  commission in any county.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  This Act shall be cited as the J. D. Lambright
  Local Government Ethics Reform Act.
         SECTION 2.  Section 161.001, Local Government Code, is
  repealed.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
 
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